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Clifford Harvey, Graphic Designer, Mill Sack Advertising Art from the S. George Company

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Collection Number: A&M 3868
Overview Collection of agricultural mill sack advertising art by the S. George Company of Wellsburg, West Virginia from the GramLee Collection. There are 40 items in the collection representing products of West Virginia companies. Companies include Gwinn Brothers of Huntington, Peerless Milling of Parkersburg, and Standard Milling of Clarksburg, among others. Other West Virginia towns represented include Berkeley Springs, Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Terra Alta, among others....
Dates: ca. 1930-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clifford Myers, Compiler, West Virginia Civil War Military Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1194
Overview

Military records compiled by Clifford Myers, state historian, lists West Virginia Confederate soldiers by home county and by infantry or cavalry regiment. These records also include a list of West Virginia Confederate soldiers in the Thirty-first Virginia Regiment; the record and roll of Company "G," Tenth Virginia Cavalry, Confederate; and a roster of West Virginia Union soldiers who were awarded service medals. See also A&M 3981, Virginia 10th Cavalry, Company G. Record and Roll.

Dates: 1861-1938
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Cline M. Koon, Compiler, Koon Family Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2451
Scope and Contents

This collection includes notebooks, research notes, photographs, and other materials collected by Dr. Cline M. Koon relating to the Koon (Coon) family.

Dates: 1966-1974, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clinton District Historical Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2910
Overview Papers pertaining to local history as recalled by residents of the Clinton District, Monongalia County, West Virginia. Includes: genealogies; lists of schools, teachers, students, churches, and community leaders (beginning with the first settlers, no date and incomplete); descriptions of agricultural practices, use of the Clinton grain mill, social events, and lifestyles. Also includes a research paper by Margaret Little, (n.d.), documenting the pig iron industry, ca. 1840-1858, in north and...
Dates: ca. 1930-1994
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clinton District, Sunday School Association, Minutes

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Collection Number: A&M 1080
Overview

Minutes of a Sunday School association organized at Pisgah Church in Monongalia County, 1894.

Dates: 1894-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clippings and Photographs Regarding Herbert E. Apple

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Collection Number: A&M 2124
Overview

Two newspaper clippings and two photographs (one color, one black and white) relating to Mr. Herbert E. Apple jr., retired general manager of the Birds Eye Division of General Foods, and native of Red Jacket W. Va.

Dates: 1969
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clippings of Wellsburg Town Ordinances

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Collection Number: A&M 1696
Overview

Wellsburg town ordinances passed from 1804 to 1841 respecting the market, streets, animals, coal, food products, slaughter houses, and taxes.

Dates: 1804-1841
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Cloyd Goodnight Biography of Robert Richardson (1806-1876) Manuscript

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Collection Number: A&M 1247
Overview

Biography by Cloyd Goodnight of Robert Richardson, a Disciples of Christ minister, educator, writer, physician, agriculturalist, and member of the Bethany College faculty. The manuscript contains long extracts from Richardson's correspondence and daybook. Correspondence and daybook.

Dates: circa 1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clyde Cale, Collector, Historical Photographs Regarding West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 4367
Content Description Digital versions of twelve photographs documenting West Virginia subjects in history. Subjects of photos include: General Benjamin Franklin Kelley (print and CDV); horse and carriage "Pilgrim Team" (mounted photograph); Painters Mill near Amboy, West Virginia; Marquess Mill in Marquess, West Virginia; Bruceton Mills, West Virginia (mounted photograph); Bruceton Mills school, students and teacher (mounted photograph); Cheat River Bridge; Dr....
Dates: ca. 1860-1900
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clyde Cale, Collector, Memorabilia of Entertainer Elsie Janis

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Collection Number: A&M 4355
Content Description Memorabilia related to entertainer Elsie Janis, who performed for allied troops in France during World War I. Includes photographs, clippings, notes with her signature, etc. Elsie Janis (1889-1956) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. After a successful career in America (vaudeville and Broadway) and England, she went to France in 1918 to entertain troops during the First World War where she was immortalized as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary...
Dates: Majority of material found within ca. 1900-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
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Diaries and journals. 149
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Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
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General stores 71
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
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Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
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Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
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United Mine Workers of America 52
Democratic Party (U.S.) 45
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 43
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 38
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United States. Congress. Senate 38
West Virginia University. President 35
West Virginia University. Library 32
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 31
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 31
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 29
West Virginia. Legislature 29
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 28
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 27
West Virginia University. Agricultural Extension Service 26
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 25
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 23
Byrd, Robert C. 23
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 23
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 23
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 23
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 21
West Virginia University. Department of History 21
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 21
Smith family 20
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 18
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 18
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 18
Dayton, Alston Gordon 18
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 18
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 18
West Virginia University. College of Agriculture 18
Davis family 17
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 17
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 17
Brown, John. 16
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 16
Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 16
United States. Army 16
West Virginia (Ship) 16
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 15
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 15
Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.) 15
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 15
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 14
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 14
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 14
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 13
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 13
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 13
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 13
Hayman family 13
Meadows, Clarence W. 13
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 13
Patteson, Okey L. 13
Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971 13
Weston State Hospital 13
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 13
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 12
Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984 12
Dawson, William M.O. 12
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 12
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 12
Moore family 12
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 12
Barron, W. W. 11
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 11
Consolidation Coal Company 11
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 11
Gore, Howard M. 11
Jackson family 11
Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930 11
Washington, George, 1732-1799 11
West Virginia University. College of Pharmacy 11
West Virginia University. Department of Biology 11
West Virginia University. Extension Service 11
American Federation of Labor 10
Brown family 10
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Dayton, Spencer 10
Evans family 10
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 10
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 10
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 10
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 10
Robinson family 10
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 10
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 10
Cuthbert, John A. 9
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
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